Flood Watch: Chevy Set to Release Special Edition Camaros Every Six Months
Feb 16, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Flood Watch: Chevy Set to Release Special Edition Camaros Every Six Months
It is being reported that Chevy plans on releasing “special edition” Camaros just about every six months starting after the 2012 ZL-1 hits the streets. This seems to be an attempt to...
Racing Junk Find: An Awesome 1965 Malibu SS With A 14-71 Blown, 529-ci Rodeck Motor
Feb 16, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Racing Junk Find: An Awesome 1965 Malibu SS With A 14-71 Blown, 529-ci Rodeck Motor
In the event that a giant bag of money fell from the sky this week, we’d spend every penny on this kick ass 1965 Malibu SS and run it this weekend at the PSCA Record Breaker Nationals in Las...
eBay Find: A Totally Cool 1966 Chevy II Stock Car
Feb 15, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: A Totally Cool 1966 Chevy II Stock Car
Chevy II restorers be warned, the larger photos of this car will have your stomach flopping. The wheel wells were clearly opened with a Sawz-All, the car rides on a 1955 Chevy chassis, and the only...
Cool Project: Holley’s 1987 Grand Prix – Project G-Force One
Feb 15, 2011Brian Lohnes3
When the guys at Holley decide to do a car, they really do it right! Such is the case with the company’s Project G-Force One, a 1987 Pontiac Grand Prix build that will end up being one bad ass...
Tune In: Speed Scene Live TV is All New Tonight
Feb 15, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Tune In: Speed Scene Live TV is All New Tonight
Tonight being Tuesday night means that Speed Scene Live TV with our pals Scott “Lucky” Hudson, Bruce Barker, and the always energetic DianaMite, will be on the air bringing the latest...
Herman Lewis, Champion of AMC Performance Passes
Feb 15, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Herman Lewis, Champion of AMC Performance Passes
Herman Lewis, one of the greatest names in AMC performance and drag racing has died at the age of 76. Lewis gained fame and stature within the AMC community during a long and illustrious drag racing...
BangShift Poll: Pro Stock or Pro Mod – Which is better?
Feb 14, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on BangShift Poll: Pro Stock or Pro Mod – Which is better?
Chad and I engaged in one of our frequent debates recently when discussing the upcoming weekend. What brought this on is the fact that Chad will be in Las Vegas live broadcasting the PSCA (Pacific...
Killer Videos: How to Wrench on a 1929 Duesenberg Model J in Your Home Shop
Feb 14, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Killer Videos: How to Wrench on a 1929 Duesenberg Model J in Your Home Shop
Duesenbergs are very freaking rare, guys who wrench on their own Duesenbergs at home are even more so. Luckily, BangShifter “Hemi” Joel Nystrom is one of those dudes and he has the video...
eBay Find: A BangShifty 1978 Corvette Rear Engine Funny Car
Feb 14, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: A BangShifty 1978 Corvette Rear Engine Funny Car
Rear engine floppers have a unique place in drag racing history. The only guy who really did much with one in terms of success was “Big” Jim Dunn and his Dunn and Reath ‘Cuda which...
Caption this photo: Bodywork on the Cheap in Tennessee
Feb 14, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Caption this photo: Bodywork on the Cheap in Tennessee
We know it is early on Monday morning and you are still cursing the fact that you are at work. That being said, here’s a photo that may raise your spirits, or at least give you an industrial...
The Parting Shift: A Lap in Jim Halsey’s Nitrous Infected Pro Mod
Feb 11, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on The Parting Shift: A Lap in Jim Halsey’s Nitrous Infected Pro Mod
Jim Halsey owns and operates one of the quickest nitrous pro mods in the country, and the world. In this video we ride along with him as he hauls ass down the strip at Rockingham Dragway in...
MSD Power Grid Approved for NHRA Competition, Set to Begin Shipping in Early March
Feb 11, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on MSD Power Grid Approved for NHRA Competition, Set to Begin Shipping in Early March
MSD Ignition’s revolutionary “Power Grid” system has been approved for use in all sportsman classes in the NHRA. The Power Grid is an ground breaking pieces of equipment that allows...
Smokey Yunick Video: How Ol’ Smoke Helped Develop the Corvette
Feb 11, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Smokey Yunick Video: How Ol’ Smoke Helped Develop the Corvette
Smokey Yunick is certainly a hall of fame BangShifter. He had his hands in innumerable projects over the years and developed everything from carbs to spark plugs. Yunick was also involved in the...
Friday Fail Poll: Dodge Introduces the Caravan R/T
Feb 11, 2011Brian Lohnes1
With Chrysler’s Super Bowl advertisement putting the company squarely in the spotlight, we were interested to see what they were going to roll out at the Chicago Auto Show. There have been...












